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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1920
Page
4
Dr Cumming notes rats carry deadly diseases and individual efforts fail in large cities. Public Health Service works on a standard rat-proofing ordinance. State health officers support adopting it into building codes via municipal and state legislatures after finalization.
Standard Publishing Company printers and proprietors based in Anaconda with postal mail registered as second class. Butte office at 119 North Main Street handles editorial and business correspondence and official notices for the Montana publication.
Samuel McCall of Massachusetts proposes transferring treaty-affirming power from the Senate to the House of Representatives. He argues the Senate, buffeted by changing membership, is less attuned to public sentiment, while the House would better reflect it. The idea faces strong opposition to altering constitutional balance.
Yale professor Irving Fisher argues for Cox as progressive and urges votes against Harding. He labels Harding as reactionary tied to Penrose and big business, calls for a Progressive reconstruction, notes the era of new women voters and party realignments, and cites the League of Nations as a decisive issue. Fisher predicts fewer independent voters than in 1860.
Paris researchers draft leading scientists to combat a vast rat population in the underworld of Paris. Rat control extends to America where the United States Public Health Service notes a serious problem. Surgeon General Cumming estimates a rat population nearly equal to human numbers, costing each citizen about 3.65 dollars per year in rat-related damage and upkeep. The rat is portrayed as an anarchist and incendiary, capable of starting fires with matches if given access.
Babe Ruth faces pay disputes as vaudeville producers balk at 2500 dollars weekly for his headlining. They offer 1000 dollars, noting rising prices. Ruth counters with a movie contract and a phonograph deal that includes a 5000 dollar bonus and five cents per record sold.
Paris physician Dr. Duparchy asserts handwriting can reveal illnesses from stomach to heart. He argues line direction signals disease, fat degeneration, and hypochondria through specific letter forms. Public reaction ranges from dismissal to cautious interest as newspapers debate his theories.
Saturday marks national fire prevention day with calls for universal observance. Despite progress, U S losses due to fire reach 15000 lives and 250 million dollars in property, urging owners to install prevention and extinguishing devices. Reckless acts by individuals cause the bulk of fires, underscoring need for common sense precautions. Meanwhile political races heighten interest in New York Ohio and Molino as pennant races unfold.
The correspondent notes Governor Cox and accompanying reporters misrepresented him. Johnson vows to find the party lines breached on return to California, promising to clear up the political rift and restore party discipline.
President Wilson's condition continues to improve though his view of small groups of willful men remains unchanged. The remark signals ongoing concerns about internal political factions and leadership during his recovery period.
Post election distress for Johnson and Borah cited as dire. Police and detectives ordered to pursue New York terrorists, dead or alive, in a strong wartime style drive for safety.
The city of Chicago sues Tribune and Daily News for libel over reports claiming the city is broke. Mayor Thompson denounces the claim and questions the papers role in deterring investors. The column also cites editorials on fruit prices and cornice issues around the nation.
A collage of editorial asides reflects postwar Prohibition debate. Drys fear wets gain in Congress to influence enforcement laws and potential repeal. Across papers, various notes on elections, economics, and public policy frame a tense national mood with sharp, concise jabs at the era’s issues.
Miss Mabel Boardman, a noted Red Cross worker, has accepted a commissionership for the District of Columbia. This makes her the highest ranking woman in the country, a role equivalent to mayor or governor, surpassing any previously held by a woman.
A collage of light jokes and cartoons cited from various papers. Lines poke at cars and streetcars, stumps bitten by rattlers, engagement rings, cooks, and a porterhouse punchline about an installment butcher.
Winifred Black discusses a desert woman in Long Beach who longs for a cease firing order from the Pacific fleet to spare her bulldog from fear. The piece contrasts vast life scales with small personal obsessions and critiques superficial desires for status symbols over inner calm.
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